An American cultural view of the British DSPD proposals

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-131

  Griffith, Ezra E H ^a   Delphin, Miriam ^a   Norko, Michael A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINAL LAW; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942630646     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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